Temporal bone encephaloceles

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 287-289

  Sdano, Matthew T ^a   Pensak, Myles L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Cranial fossa; Encephaloceles; Hearing; Surgery; Temporal bone; Trans mastoid

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HERNIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALOCELE; HEARING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASTOID; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; OTORRHEA; PATHOGENESIS; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE ENCEPHALOCELE;

ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMANS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 25144463005     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000179247.51476.f5     Document Type: Review

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